Diabetes Education - by Trisha Dunning (Paperback)

About the Book

"Diabetes education is a process, the key to which is establishing a therapeutic relationship with the individual. The overall goal of diabetes education is to enhance the individual's health capability, including their ability to solve problems and apply the learning to self-care. Thus, diabetes education is an interactive process of teaching and learning where information is co-generated. This innovative new book explores the 'how' of diabetes education, rather than the 'what' and the 'why'. This thought stimulating textbook will helping health care practitioners to teach diabetes effectively from diagnosis and ensure people living with diabetes get the individualised support and information. It will enable practitioners and educators to examine and reflect on their practice when managing the diabetic patient. Bringing together all the thinking and experience on the diabetes journey in one text, this book will be essential reading for all practitioners and students in involved in diabetes care"--

Book Synopsis

Diabetes education is a process, the key to which is establishing a therapeutic relationship with the individual. The overall goal of diabetes education is to enhance the individual's health capability, including their ability to solve problems and apply the learning to self-care. Thus, diabetes education is an interactive process of teaching and learning where information is co-generated. This innovative and thought-provoking new book explores the 'how' of diabetes education, rather than the 'what' and the 'why'.

Diabetes Education: Art, Science and Evidence helps healthcare practitioners teach diabetes effectively from diagnosis onwards and ensure people living with diabetes receive individualised support and information. It enables practitioners and educators to examine and reflect on their practice when managing the person with diabetes. Bringing together all the thinking and experience of the diabetes journey in one text, this book is essential reading for all practitioners and students involved in diabetes care.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Features short stories, case studies, illustrative quotes, practice points and reflection points throughout
• Edited by an internationally renowned expert in the field
• Contributions from some of the world's leading diabetes educators

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From the Back Cover

Diabetes education is a process, the key to which is establishing a therapeutic relationship with the individual. The overall goal of diabetes education is to enhance the individual's health capability, including their ability to solve problems and apply the learning to self-care. Thus, diabetes education is an interactive process of teaching and learning where information is co-generated. This innovative and thought-stimulating new book explores the 'how' of diabetes education, rather than the 'what' and the 'why'.

Diabetes Education: Art, Science and Evidence will help health care practitioners teach diabetes effectively from diagnosis and ensure people living with diabetes receive individualised support and information. It will enable practitioners and educators to examine and reflect on their practice when managing the person with diabetes. Bringing together all the thinking and experience of the diabetes journey in one text - this book is essential reading for all practitioners and students involved in diabetes care.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Explores the 'how' of diabetes education, rather than the 'what' and the 'why'
• Features short stories, case studies, illustrative quotes, practice points and reflection points throughout
• E dited by an internationally renowned expert in the field, with contributions from some of the world's leading diabetes educators

Review Quotes

"This book should be compulsory reading for all health care professionals involved in teaching people with diabetes how to cope with and adjust to their condition." (European Diabetes Nursing, 1 December 2012)

"In summary, this book is useful for healthcare professionals working with people with diabetes. There are many short stories, case studies and illustrative quotes read." (Diabetes Update, 1 October 2013)

"This book is useful for both beginners and experienced diabetes healthcare professionals. In addition, the messages it portrays are relevant to healthcare professionals working with people with other long-term conditions." (Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 1 January 2013)

"This book should be compulsory reading for all health care professionals involved in teaching people with diabetes how to cope with and adjust to their condition." (Practical Diabetes, 1 November 2012)

About the Author

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Professor Trisha Dunning AM is Chair in Nursing, Deakin University and Barwon Health and a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Diabetes Education, Geelong, Australia. She is widely published in peer reviewed journals and non-peer reviewed publications, and is on the editorial boards and reviews panels of several health professional journals. Trisha also writes regular columns for The Australian Diabetes Educator and Diabetes Conquest. In addition, she is a highly experienced clinical nurse consultant having worked in the field for over 20 years.